The South African Cabinet has approved the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM) for implementation, targeting energy security and broader industrial growth. The plan seeks to address challenges associated with local capacity, infrastructure and investment by providing a roadmap for developing renewable energy and battery storage technologies. For investors, the …
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission wants the power distribution companies to take steps to reduce and shift the peak load and make demand side management (DSM) an important factor in their services. The Commission has finalised a draft on implementation of DSM and has invited comments from stakeholders. Steps taken …
The West Bengal Government's move to extend the national grid to the Sundarbans delta for electrifying villages has come in for criticism from environmentalists. “The land is soft and setting up large and heavy transmission poles may lead to greater erosion, and change the tidal patterns when installed in rivers …
GUWAHATI: As on March 31, 2011, Assam had 40 working PSUs and 10 non-working PSUs. The PSUs registered a turnover of Rs 2,647.54 crore for 2010-11. This turnover was equal to 2.54 per cent of the State GDP, indicating the important role played by the State’s PSUs in the economy. …
In a boost to India’s strategic initiative for putting in place a SAARC electricity grid, Bangladesh has come up with a plan to jointly develop power projects in north-east India, with the aim of wheeling back power to meet its own demand. Dhaka is also keen to import electricity from …
Rejecting US pressure, Pakistan said Thursday it would pursue Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project "as it is vital to overcome country's energy crisis." Briefing reporters here, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said that Pakistan pursuing important projects with Iran such as gas pipeline, electricity transmission, upgradation of connectivity and also building …
India has 150 GW of known renewable energy potential, of which only about 14% has been developed. Renewable energy is considered to be an important part of the solution to India’s energy shortage. The country’s renewable energy potential is likely to be even greater than 150 GW, as sources with …
New Delhi:NTPC on Tuesday signed a long-term agreement to supply 250 mw to Bangladesh Power Development Board, making it the first Indian generation utility to ink a deal for exporting electricity to aneighbouring country. NTPC entered into the deal through its wholly-owned trading arm NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. The …
Power tariffs for agricultural consumers have more than doubled in the past five years even in pollbound states as regulators and utilities have taken steps to control mounting distribution losses, but the sector’s outlook remains wobbly as states are still promising subsidies and unaccounted supplies continue. The most striking rise …
Despite the fact that most of the higher areas of Uttarakhand are covered with snow during winter, companies engaged in power generation have set new records in terms of power generation in February. Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (UJVNL) officials claimed to have broken the old record of power generation …
Power projects to store water for peak-load requirement during daytime. Diverted from their natural course and buried in tunnels to generate power, major rivers in the state are bound to go nocturnal during the lean period with the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) allowing independent power producers to “over-design” power projects …
In the cash-starved state of Jammu and Kashmir, where deficit in power sector has been increasing with every passing year, the government has failed to recover over Rs 900 crore power tariff arrears from its departments. Not only are the tariff arrears increasing with each passing day but the transmission …
GURGAON: The Haryana government on Thursday claimed that the state was hopeful of pushing its installed power generation capacity by around 5,000 megawatts in the next two years. It claimed that the capacity was likely to touch 14,374MW by 2013-14. This was disclosed by Tarun Bajaj, managing director of the …
Patiala: The electromagnetic field generated by high-tension wires can affect those with a pacemaker, say medical experts. Dr Amanpreet Garg, a cardiologist says: "People with a pacemaker must stay away from every kind of magnetic field. There is a possibility that the pacemaker may stop functioning due to the electromagnetic …
With the state’s power deficit all set to cross a whopping Rs 2,000-crore mark till the end of the current financial year, the Centre has snubbed Jammu and Kashmir for implementing at a slow pace the Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) initiated to bring down transmission and distribution …
New Delhi With the government preparing to rationalise gas distribution from RIL’s KG-D6 block in the wake of a drop in production, Lanco and GMR plants in Andhra Pradesh are a worried lot. Lanco’s Kondapalli power plant expansion and GMR Tanir Bawi power plants in Andhra Pradesh, which are earning …
India agrees to repair Kosi embankment within Nepal India and Nepal have agreed to speed up the setting up of a Pancheshwar Development Authority that will oversee the implementation of the 6,000 MW Pancheshwar multi-purpose project on the border. During the first meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Ministerial Commission on …
Power consumers might have to brace for another hefty raise in electricity charges as the power distribution companies have sought a hike in the range of 18 per cent to 27 per cent in tariff petitions submitted to the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC). In the petitions currently being verified …
A cross section of people concerned about the power tariff hike being considered by the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission, met its chairperson Romila Dubey in Jalandhar on Wednesday. Dubey has been attending meetings such as this one with different sections of society to learn the people’s view before taking …
Concerned about the dismal supply of coal to power utilities, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has charted out an ambitious roadmap for Coal India Ltd (CIL), asking it to finalise fuel supply pacts with all power plants that have been commissioned till December 31, 2011, by the end of the …
Chennai The looming power crisis has pushed the Tamil Nadu Inc to the wall. Fearing a substantial loss to the bottom line due to production losses, they are knocking the state government’s door for immediate action. As industrial production is likely to hit the state GDP, the state government should …
